JOHN A. GILLIGAN John A. Gilligan, 67 Price St., Kingston, died Dec. 27 at 17 Baldwin St., Dallas, where he resided since the flood. Born in Newtown section, he lived in Kingston 46 years. He formerly was employed at the Ashley Shops, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and later was shop foreman of the D L & W Railroad in Kingston until his retirement. For the last several years he was a school guard in Kingston. Mr. Gilligan was associated with the John J. Maher Funeral Home 40 years. He was a member of St. Ignatius Church, past president of its Holy Name Society, past president of the Ushers Club of the parish, and Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, Council 302. Surviving are his widow, Mildred O’Haire Gilligan, formerly of Pittston; daughters, Mrs. William Williams, Linden, N.J.; Mrs. Norman Stair, Philadelphia. The funeral was held from Faust Funeral Home. MARGARET N. JOHNS Mrs. Margaret N. Johns, 61, of Evans Falls, RD 5, Tunkhannock, died last Thursday in Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, after a brief illness. Born in Scranton, Mar. 15, 1911, she lived in New Jersey many years and spent the last four years at Evans Falls. Surviving are her husband, Edward Johns; sister, Helen Titus, Paterson, N.J.; brother, George Pinder, Florida. Private funeral services were held from Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home at the con- venience of the family. Burial was at Philadelphia. KATHRYN STAUB Mrs. Kathryn L. Staub, 85, of 74 Carverton Road, Trucksville, died Dec. 27 in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Born in Chase, July 22, 1887, she was a life resident of the member of St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown. Surviving are daughters, Dorothy E. Cawley, Eleanor A. Staub, at home; son, Edward V., South Plainfield, N.J.; brothers, William Gabel, Scranton; Jacob and Carl Gable, . Chase; seven grand- children and one great grand- daughter. The funeral was held last Saturday from the Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Nicholas Cemetery, Shavertown. Truck by Nelson Woolbert 696-1689 Trucksville Fire Company will hold its first meeting of the new year in the municipal Newly elected officers will have charge. Members of the Back Mountain Senior Citizens Club will hold their first meeting of the new year Jan. 8 at 12:30 p.m. at College Misericordia. Plans will be made at this meet- ing for a luncheon to be held at the Newberry Estate Jan. 17. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dingle, Orchard Street; enfertained;at a neighborheod party during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harri- son and son, Richard, Staub Road, have returned from Florida where they spent the holidays. Some points of inter- est they visited were Miami Beach and Orlando. Mrs. Michael Goldsmith and to their home at 175 Meadow- crest from General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. William Merriel, Lawerenceville, spent several days with his sister, Ruth Merriel, Doren Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Evens, Pioneer Avenue, entertained at dinner during the holidays. Family members were guests. Loretta Oliver, Bethlehem, visited friends in the area over the weekend. Loretta is a for- mer resident of Pioneer’ Avenue. Professor and Mrs. Charles Belford, Orchard Street, have returned from Canada where The ‘Spirit’ of Giving Wineries have been making significant contributions to the success of fund-raising benefits for local and national charities, reports an article in the current issue of Vintage magazine. Vintage lists such wineries as Mirassou, Browne Vintners, Charles Krug, Windsor, Paul Masson and Mondavi as. pro- ducers of benefit musical con- certs, suppliers of wines for fund-raising raffles and spon- sors of other fund-raising ac- tivities. RE AB vi @ TAN Ne NWS IB SN 1 NO IN Vs 7: AEN EB NS ”' Pa 7a XK RK N22 NP, 1 Ns 2 2D EK Ne 3 >, 3 3 2 2 S¥ 2% pV BY Ze 2 ax ak sville they visited friends during the holidays. Mrs. Harold Williams, Trucksville Gardens, will cele- brate her birthday Jan. 6. Harry DeWitt, Pioneer Avenue, is spending some time with his son and daughter-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Carl DeWitt in Wilmington, Del. Friendship Class of Trucks- ville United Methodist Church will meet in the educational building Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Officers for the coming year will have charge. They are: President, Margaret Goodwin; vicespresident,. Elizabeth Harrison; secretary, Kathryn Sherman; and treasurer, Blanche Atherholdt. Serving committee members include Mrs. Harold Williams, Mrs. Donald Wilkinson, Blanche Atherholdt and Emma Ander- son. Mrs. Robert Boyle, Silver Spring, Md., visited friends and relatives over the weekend. Mrs. William Kelechawa and infant daughter have returned to their home at Frances Slocum Park from Nesbitt Hos- pital. Linda Herritt, Carverton, celebrated her 17th birthday Dec. 13. A party marked the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Hornack, Staub Road, enter- tained on the weekend. Guests were members of the family. Mrs. Harold Croom, Car- verton Road, was confined to her home several days by ill- ness. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Owens, Maple Street, entertained family members on the holiday weekend. Mrs. Herbert DeWitt, S. Pioneer Avenue, was guest of honor at a family party Dec. 24. The occasion marked her birth- day. Mrs. Helen Vivian, Stafford Street, has returned from Roch- ester, N.Y. where she visited her ‘son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Groff. Jacob Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Harrison, 234 Cliffside Ave., celebrated his 12th birthday Dec. 31. He was guest at a party. SI \ 2 rN oi Nin, 2 N Nh LOR AB = ze No oN 2 in p=: ad re Ase. 2, 3 aX ian mh a i E.V. Chadwick, : Luzerne County agricultural agent, has been named the recipient of the 1972 Ruby Award presented by the Alpha Omicron Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, national honorary extension fraternity. Mr. Chadwick received the annual award at the recent meeting of the chapter on The Oak by Bridgette Correale 639-5759 Many of us have almost passed out when Scrooge (U.G.L.) presented us with our electric bills this past week. What will we do when the re- sults of the Christmas decora- tions bill arrives? No blood please! The Correales entertained Fred, Yolanda, Peter and Joseph Tomaselli at dinner Christmas Day. Sorry to report that Lenny Burke is a surgical patient at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Ed and Marie Belasco re- cently enjoyed a weekend in New York City. Mark Hession, one of Oak Hill’s conscientious paper boys, wishes to express his gratitude to all his customers for making Happy to report that Mrs. Emil Espen is recuperating at home after being a medical pat- ient at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Jack and Maryanne Cleary hosted a holiday party at their home on Pine Street. Enjoying the festivities were the Bartz, Batkas, Burkes, Correales, Espens, Johnsons, Belascos, Mitchells and Iwanowskis. A sincere thank you to the Jonathan R. Davis Volunteer Fire Company for conducting a Christmas party at the fire hall for all children of the area. Santa, our own Ronny Ritts, Executive Knights To Hold Meeting The annual conference of top executives of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus has been scheduled at King’s College for Jan. 7. The meeting of all Faith- ful Navigators and Assembly Membership Chairmen was called by Past State Deputy Bernard S. Shockloss, Wyoming, Senior Master of Calvert Province. Mr. Shockloss stated that the conference meeting will be con- ducted in the Sheehy Student Center at King’s College from 2 p.m. He emphasized the impor- tance of the meeting and the subjects to be discussed. ———— Don’t wait! Send news in early. Pennsylvania State University campus. The county agent was cited for his educational leadership during and following the June flood caused by Tropical Storm Agnes. Dr. Emory Brown, assistant director of Extension at Penn State, who announced the Hill dropped in via fire truck and presented the youngsters with toys. Happy Birthday to Paige Belasco, daughter of Ed and Marie of Hemlock Drive, who celebrated her eighth birthday during the Christmas holiday. Leo and Gerri Bartz held open house Christmas Day, enter- taining friends and neighbors. Lehman Township’s Board of Supervisors will conduct a meeting Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Lehman Fire Hall. Residents are urged to attend. Harry Haeffle announces that the regular monthly meeting of the Idetown Fire Company will be held Jan. 5 at the fire hall. Paul Hession, father of Mary, Mark, Martha, Michael and Paul, portrayed Santa Claus at Gate of Heaven School’s annual Christmas party. Bearing presents and good cheer to several local nursing homes were Rose Mohen, and Bridgette and Vince Correale. One of the nicest presents you can give yourself is a visit to these homes. Happy birthday to Mathew Johnson, son of Noel and Kay Johnson of Hemlock Drive, who will celebrate his one year old birthday Jan. 5. Kathy Schleich celebrated her 17th birthday Dec. 25. Donna Mitchell of Park Drive will celebrate her sixth birthday Jan. 5 and Karen Batka, daughter of Eileen and Charles, Jan. 7. Happy birthday to you all. Every year my husband warns me not to order from Santa a toy or contraption that requires hours of work to assemble. For once I listened to him—but it didn’t work anyway. My bachelor brother sent my daughter the biggest doll house he could find. Now, putting to- gether a doll house isn’t bad, but when the screws and thing-a- ma-gigs aren’t included, you're in trouble, especially if it’s 11:30 Christmas Eve. According to the directions, 65 special screws were needed to assemble the 10 room house. After draining the punch bowl and telephoning my brother our warmest thanks, we decided to tie with string each little section that required a screw. Four hours later the doll house was finished and so were we! Insist On Original GENUINE VALSPAR 16 E. Center St. World's Finest Finishes for Over 160 Years! SATINE INTERIOR LATEX The decorator's dream! Roll or brush on, clean-up with water . . . and it's dry in less than 30 minutes! Colors galore! Shavertown' | award selection, said Mr. Chadwick and other members of the Luzerne County Ex- tension staff worked round-the- clock to get out emergency flood information and assist stricken residents. offices located at widely separated points within the county, the award recipient to both rural and urban people. He secured three vans equipped with public address systems and stocked them with ‘in- formational materials to reach over 4,000 families in an area about 40 miles long and two miles wide. =e ee: About 10,000 informational pieces from Extension’s flood disaster =~ handbook were mimeographed and additional information from other sources used. In all, during a period of less than two weeks, more than 50,000 pieces of information were distributed. Since many farmers had severe losses of homes, greenhouses, livestock, and farm equipment, and some were virtually out of business, Mr. Chadwick and other Ex- tension staff members called farmers together to explain eligibility for food stamps, clothing, and emergency loans. He also visited flood-damaged farms to recommend the best ways to restore soil fertility. A native of Camptown, Bradford County, Chadwick has been a member of the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service staff for 22 years. He was also recipient of a National Association of County Agricultural Agents Distinguished Service Award in 1970 ‘‘for his outstanding agricultural programs.” Dorcas Society Selling Hoagies The Dorcas Society of St. Paul’s Lutheran Shavertown, will hoagies Jan. 10. be selling any Dorcas member or hoagie chairman, Ruth Voelker. All orders must be in by Jan. 7. X Years ago, ‘bark for tanning was an important by-product of the timber which was grown in a tannery at West Dallas circa 1838, and George Cairl built one at Kunkle about 1840, i birth defects are forever... unless you THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY THE PUBLISHER Knights of Columbus Reveal June Plans Preliminary announcement of the Exemplification of the Fourth Degree, the highest de- gree attainable within the Knights of Columbus, has been made by Past State Deputy, Worthy Master Bigerd Shock- loss of Wyoming. “. Mr. Shockloss stated that the announcement is being made at this time due to many requests from many Sir Knights and eli- gible candidates for embracing the Fourth Degree, to enable them to schedule vacations or time off from their employment or place of business so that they may be a part of this patriotic vities. z The degree will be conferred June 10, 1973, at Allentown, with Exemplification Headquarters ington Motel, Allentown. I 0S GIVE US A RI 24 Hours a Dav, ALL YOU NEED ¥teg IS DOWNTOVN Regular aN Super Saver Passbook No minimum deposit available quarterly.
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